TEDxJakarta 13 “Jagad Manusia”

It’s almost that time of the year. The day you don’t want to miss. A day filled with ideas worth sharing and conversations worth having. Yes, TEDxJakarta is back with “Jagad Manusia” this September 2018.

Get ready to embark on a journey to a new ‘universe of mankind’, and take a closer look at the historical landmarks we humans have created.

JAGAD MANUSIA

From the first time we decided to make better use of our opposable thumb, we have appeared on top of the food chain. And as we end our thousands of years of hunting and gathering, settle down, and experiment with farming and herding, the earth enters a new epoch in the geological time scale: The anthropocene. An extraordinary achievement, knowing our brief existence in this blue planet, while never before an era was driven by a single species.

But, having a geological time scale attributed to us doesn’t necessarily mean we’re doing a good job. Humanity have their impediment, our passion can sometimes be so divisive and our presence may scarred the earth to years and years to come.

The earth is not the only place where we leave our mark. We also already leave our mark in the cosmos. In this time of compartmentalization and false nostalgia, ironically, the Space Age Magellan, Cheng Ho, and Ibn Battuta may already walk among us.

In the adventure of Jagad Manusia, we will evoke your emotional and intellectual responses. Together, we will ponder upon our existence as one of the agencies in this universe. On how our demeanor triggers revolution which embeds many other momentous events. On how our expansion as human beings to every nook and corners of the earth has always bring a big cost. On how us, the tiny Homo Sapiens, managed to rule the world.

When & Where

Saturday, September 8th, 2018

Balai Sarbini, Jakarta

Registration starts at 8.15 amDoors open at 10 am

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Our Speakers

Robbi Zidna Ilman - Tempe Bender

This current speaker may give you a counter argument whenever your mother tell you not to play with your food. To him, tempe–and its microscopic ingredient, is not only a local food. But also a powerful substitute for concrete.

Sujono Keron - Grassroot Storyteller

As a proud mountain man from Keron–a village on the slopes of Mount Merapi, Sujono witnessed vanishing indigenous insects from the field. It driven him to advocate about the importance of a balance ecosystem in the form of masked dance and wayang kulit. His creation showcased a detailed and ultra-stylized rendition of the insects, a Misteri Gunung Merapi meets Ksatria Baja Hitam.

Pauline Boedianto - Agreeculture

A hostile environment may not the be the best place for you to negotiate, let alone to accomplish anything. But years of restoring dwelling decency of the disenfranchised, this speaker can see beneath the hostility and transcend it onto hospitable environment.

Ai Nurhidayat - Social Cultivator

In time of dissonant, empathy can be a luxurious commodity. More so, it’s not the kind of goods that you can reap without strenuously sow first. Founding a mixed cultured school has this school principal ideas on how to put yourselves on other shoes.

Fenny Dwivany - Banana Mama

You would think there’s only so much to talk about bananas, but there’s actually a whole universe of research dedicated for them. 14 years of studies involving multi disciplines from genetics, nanomaterial science, design, to space biology by her team—the Banana Group—will show you why a banana is more than just apeeling.

Abraham Auzan - Midwife Crisis

Abraham has always had a curious mind with a knack for problem solving. His interest in developing communities and background in business & communication lead him to co-found TeleCTG, a healthcare startup focusing on providing equal maternity healthcare.

Puri Kencana Putri - Stalkie Talkie

Being observant and discreet is one of the best proficiency which she carries during her professional life. Especially after almost a decade working as a researcher in a local task force that highlights human rights issues. In contrast to her professional proficiency, on daily basis she is bubbly and loud.

Hilmar Farid - Wisdom Custodian

Before stepping into the Ministry of Education and Culture as the General Director of Culture, he was well known for two things: being an activist and having curly long hair. Thankfully although he cut off the ponytail, he doesn’t compromise advocating the existence of local wisdom and culture.

Yolla Primadona Jampil - Silat Warrior

Not many gold medalist has an imdb page, but Yolla Primadona Jampil is not your average athlete. As one of the Indonesia’s pencak silat champions at Asian Games 2018, Yolla is a warrior on and off-screen. For him, pencak silat is not an entitled heritage, it’s something worth fighting for.

Announcement from the organizer

We are trying something different this year. As you may know, a typical TEDxJakarta event would be hosted for free, albeit may consume some time and energy to register. It can be in a form of an essay (#11: Haphazard, 2016) or a personality test (#12: Niyata, 2017).

Each has its own merit. The essay, for instance, helps us—the volunteers, to understand audiences benefited the most from the talks. Then again, it’s not without its disadvantage. Curating 200-ish audiences by reading each of the 300 words essay from the 1500’s submission within a week would definitely provide a large room for imperfection.

Aside to that, without any form of monetary compensation, doing a small labor of 300 words essay can function as a form of payment. It can drive registered audience to commit attending our event—a commitment cost, if you will. But unfortunately, the arduous tests wasn’t laborious enough to function as a commitment cost. A number of selected audience didn’t attend.

We therefore task ourselves with two objectives. First, a registration system with small inaccuracies.The second is to include more attendees in our TEDxJakarta audience experience. With this in mind, now here we are at the beginning of this letter; Announcing another means or registration on our 13th event: with payments. A first-time-decision taken with lots of considerations.

However, we must add that we do still believe that knowledge should be shared unconditionally. We therefore will provide scholarship for selected audience by means we considered fruitful: A 300 words essay. What can we say; we’re sucker for a good story.

The registration button below will be activated according to above-mentioned schedule.For scholarship application, the button and the form will be opened on 6-12 August 2018.

We hope we get you excited as we are. And we really hope that this announcement doesn’t dishearten you to register. We have the best intention to have a bigger event, a better audience experiences, and a more ideas worth spreading.